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Rubbish from the Philadelphia DA’s office
A little more than a year ago a mob of Philadelphia police beat three men whom they suspected of committing a shooting. The grand jury investigation of this incident was released yesterday. The grand jury, of course, found that the police acted a...
Virginia police over-step authority
These kinds of stories are becoming so common as to hardly merit specific mention anymore, at least as “news.” At this point the more crucial matter is taking account of the erosion of freedoms in this country. In a kind of sequel to ...
Jury acquits cop of shooting defenseless woman and boy
From LRC we have this story. William Grigg has said everything that needs to be said, so I’ll only add that my dislike for the police is now principled. There have been too many incidents like this, and the only time MSNBCCNNFOX seem to tak...
A few interesting things from here and there
1. An English court has ruled that a blogger has no right to anonymity. Hardly comforting that this is on foreign soil, since the quacks on the Supreme Court have been citing laws of other countries for a few years already. 2. William Grigg on ...
Texas Cop Tasers Woman, 72
Here’s your latest installment of “Land of the Free,” as it were. Travis County Deputy Chris Bieze tasered an unarmed 72-year-old woman after she dared him to do it—which was after he had already shoved her. Sgt. Maj. ...
Local Polizei kill man
Police in a Philadelphia suburb killed a man on Friday night. Admittedly, the deceased was being a violent maniac, but this doesn’t seem to add up to me. The suspect viciously attacked a woman. The Polizei pursued, and when the aggressor ...
Female teen pro-life demonstrators publicly strip-searched by Maryland police
So what? They needed a stupid permit. Big freakin’ deal. Hell, they even tried to comply by moving their demonstration. They were rewarded by being strip-searched by perverts. But, of course, the last thing we should ever expect is for a cop...
Cops marching in military formation in St. Paul, causing more trouble
The thugs in Minneapolis are continuing their martial law....
More journalists arrested by jack-booted thugs
From democracynow.org: ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, a s they arrested her. Video of he...
Minneapolis pigs mace photographer
Police officers once commanded a fair amount of respect in society, but I have noticed that within the past few years, many people have begun to hold rather a disregard for them. These are not troublemakers, but reasonable, good people who have seen...
